I've just switched to pre-med from pre-dental and let me tell you, dental school is just as hard to get into as med school. In the past couple of years,the number of applications to dental school has spiked, making it more competetive. Plus you still need the good GPA and DAT scores.

In terms of GPA, med school is only 0.2 harder than dental school to get into.

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I'd like to point out the fact that 0.2 is a huge difference in an undergrad GPA. At one point in my academic career I had ~3.47. I had to bust ass like you wouldn't believe (maintained a GPA of 3.993 for 1.5 years) and it only rose up to barely above 3.6.

hmm, i wonder whats harder, to get into harvard dental or something like northwestern med

or is harvard dental at a level like SLU med?

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In the past few years Harvard dental has had approximately 1000 applicants for 35 seats; and they typically only have to offer 45-50 acceptances to fill those 35 spots. I'd say getting into harvard dental is more of an achievement than getting into some of the "lower-tier" medical schools.

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